The richest man on earth owns X. The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok. The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post. See the problem here?

Desværre et klogt udgangspunkt

An indictment might well happen but i do wonder if this will be another instance of a grand jury being like, “nah bro we’re good.”

Berlingske: Det er Wokes skyld

vance really does stand out for his absolute contempt for anything that looks like forbearance and generosity. his immediate instinct is always to demagogue and issue calumnies against his fellow americans.

Eva Selsings og Debatredaktionens idol

I don’t love the “feud” framing, as much as I do appreciate the mayor standing up to Trump. Sadiq Khan is not feuding with anyone. He was the target of a vicious, racist attack and is standing up for himself and others.

This is the perfect encapsulation of Trumpism -- because of its obsession with imagery, the White House crew caused a problem but blamed it on other people, leading to MAGA making threats against the United Nations for their own screw up

Trump lyder jo som en hvilken som helst dansk socialdemokrat

Berlingskes overskrift kan bedst kaldes uansvarlig

In den Niederlanden gab es am Wochenende rechtsextreme Ausschreitungen. In den 4 größten Ländern Europas führen rechtsradikale Parteien in den Umfragen. Ich verstehe den Fokus auf das Spektakel, aber der Dauerfokus auf Trump, Kimmel, Kirk scheint mir stark zu vernachlässigen was in Europa passiert.

Som bekendt er det kun antisemitisme når det er muslimer eller woke (og når det er højreekstreme der gør det, er det wokes skyld) www.zeit.de/politik/deut...

Hvorfor Republikanerne systematisk arbejder på at forhindre frie og retfærdige valg? Jo, ser I …

USA under Trump *ligner* ikke en bananrepublik. Det *er* et typisk latinamerikansk autoritært styre som vi kendte dem fra 1970’erne og 1980’erne

The rule of law is under attack every day in Washington

Ingen over og ingen ved siden af Kaare Dybvad politiken.dk/del/DWteAdAE...

The free speeching will continue until morale improves

Jag har tänkt mycket på det jag skrev i slutet på den här texten. Hur hanterar man att själva grunderna för den liberala demokratin nu, för första gången på 80 år, inte längre är så självklara att de står utanför politiken? www.dn.se/ledare/isobe...

Charlie Kirk war nicht "konservativ" oder "rechts-konservativ". Charlie Kirk war ein rechtsextremer Rassist, Sexist und Faschist. Jemand mit Einstellungen, die Teile der AfD moderat erscheinen lassen. Man muss sein politisches Projekt nicht beschönigen, um seine Ermordung zu verurteilen.

#mondaypost

Det är en felaktig slutsats att erkännandet av Palestina gynnar Hamas. De vill ha en tvåstatslösning lika lite som Netanyahu, som gör allt för att döda den. Det syftar till att stärka Fatah och PA, svurna fiender till Hamas, och som erkänt Israel och vill ha en tvåstatslösning.

This chaos also speaks to the growing awareness of the profound corruption of the Supreme Court. The excessive H1B fee is clearly illegal according to the text of the applicable statute. But no one can have any confidence anymore that it will ultimately be thrown out.

Imens på Christiansborg: “Det skal kunne betale sig at arve” PS: Hvis éns forældre har haft et gældfrit hus i hovedstadsområdet, så… 💶💶💶💶💶 politiken.dk/del/jH7upDAE...

Tror han han er Kaare Dybvad?

Lot of people dunking on this, but it's good to see Mark Zuckerberg getting back to the thing that first made him passionate about coding: rating girls online.

I’m in Vienna right now. A city which went from being the intellectual and cultural capital of the world to a “provincial backwater” (to quote Brian Barry) in a couple of decades due to nationalism, anti-semitism and fascism which drove away the leading scholars and artists it didn’t murder.

Important reminder: people are wrong about everything. Innumeracy is real.

To blame the shift to renewables or the combustion engine ban for Germany’s economic malaise confuses cause and effect. It is the costly and unnecessary over-reliance on fossil fuels and the insistence on combustion engines which no longer sell in China that deserve a closer look. #technologieoffen

Nej, jeg klikker ikke og linker ikke. Det her er bare dumt. Og så er jeg venlig

Skal vi ikke snart prøve at trække stikket ud og genstarte 2020’erne?

For nu at sige det kort: Idioter er pænt udtrykt. Og antisemitten fra Flensborg skal lige have et kursus i tysk historie https://politiken.dk/del/Ov2dFmAE5UzA

Åndelig oprustning

2/2 Diese Gefühle werden von der AfD längst mit anderen Themen bedient, natürlich immer mit der Behauptung, bei Migration tue sich nichts (schließlich sind ja eure Gefühle noch da)

1/2 Die CDU hat nicht verstanden, dass „Migration“ für die AfD eine Chiffre ist, völlig entkoppelt von tatsächlichen Flüchtlings- oder Abschiebezahlen. Eine Chiffre für: wir kommen zu kurz, wir haben Angst, uns sieht keiner. 2/2

The US ceased to be a reliable NATO ally on January 20, 2025. The last week has simply made that undeniable. The only question now is whether European leaders accept it. The USA will not now defend Europe from Russia. That is reality. Everything else is hopes and dreams.

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This is very good. Worth Reading in Full.

Tony Blair used to talk about the difference between the 3-second, 30-second & 3-minute conversation - the point being that simplistic policies, that poll well, collapse under the more sustained scrutiny of an election or time in govt. So what happens when there is *only* the 3-second conversation?

This is one of the reasons it takes so long to hold elections in the Netherlands: After elections are called, new parties can still register. The review is over and the list is now closed. The final list for 🗳️ October 29: 27 parties on the ballot www.rtl.nl/nieuws/polit...

And now he's betting it on a pair of glasses which are practically begging to have eyebrows and a comedy moustache attached

Ikke nu, Tredje Verdenskrig 😫

closely followed by career politicians who deplore the lack of entrepreneurship

I would very much like to hear from the folks who claimed that Donald Trump would have deterred Putin from invading Ukraine if he had been president in 2022 and try to square that assertion with what Russia is doing now. www.politico.eu/article/russ...

How many "cancel culture is bad, both left and right do it" pieces like this are we going to get that minimize the GIANT FIRST AMENDMENT VIOLATIONS this time? www.natesilver.net/p/the-politi... Cancel culture can be bad; liberals should reflect. But this is more than just a reversal of 2020.

Berlingske vil vel sige at det hele skyldes woke

Pretty clear illustration of "you may as well stand up for what you believe in, they're coming for you anyway."

If you think what's happening in the US is about jokes made by a late-night comic, you're wrong. This is about the purchase and control of US media and relaxing ownership laws to allow for greater concentration of media power in the hands of particular owners. It's all about political economy.

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Og på en eller anden måde er det ifølge Berlingske wokes skyld